This study investigated the similarities and differences found in agricultural education programs housed in colleges of agricultural and in colleges of education. No major differences were found. (JOW)

This report found that the image of agricultural education was moderately positive at all three institutions studied, with Virginia Polytechnic Institute being significantly lower than the other two institutions. The findings illustrated that image within colleges of agriculture needs more improvement than in education. No significant differences…

Research examined the impact that personality type may have on student and teacher differences and the effect on student grades. The following questions were addressed: Do agriculture college faculty personality types differ from agriculture college student personality types? and Does personality type affect agriculture college student grade point…

The rationale for locating the departments of agricultural education in colleges of education (vs. in colleges of agriculture) is presented and is based upon a desire to prevent fragmentation, enhance curriculum flexibility and innovation, emphasize coordinated research and service, improve staff recruitment and selection, and strengthen funding…

The rationale for locating the departments of agricultural education in colleges of agriculture (vs. colleges of education) is presented. The basic argument focuses on the vocational interests of potential students, course requirements, access to research funds, and future responsibilities of agricultural education. (BM)

Discusses the characteristics that make land-grant universities best suited for training vocational agricultural teachers. Emphasizes the resources available at land-grant universities, the advantages of the one-institution training concept, and the ineffectiveness of non-land-grant universities in reducing the vocational agriculture teacher…